The Real Journal Automation Gap: Why Posting Is Solved but Creation Is Not
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Most finance teams believe journal automation is largely solved. In reality, what has been automated is posting — not creation.
Accruals, provisions, reclasses, and other recurring adjustments still rely on spreadsheets, scripts, approvals, and manual fixes that live outside SAP. This upstream work accounts for a significant share of close effort, exceptions, and audit scrutiny, yet it remains largely invisible to traditional “journal automation” initiatives.
In this exclusive webinar, experts from Redwood Software will showcase how leading finance teams are rethinking automation by orchestrating journal creation, automating calculations, pulling source data automatically, and embedding governance so that posting and controls operate as a seamless process inside SAP.
Attendees will learn:
- Why posting journals faster does not reduce close effort: Understand where most automation initiatives break down and why journals remain a major driver of close risk, rework, and audit exposure even in “automated” environments.
- How orchestration changes the journal entry equation inside SAP: Learn how coordinating data readiness, calculations, validations, approvals, and posting as one flow reduces manual journals, exceptions, and last-minute fixes across entities.
- What it takes to move from recurring journals to a touchless journal process: Gain clear understanding of how leading SAP finance teams achieve 50–70% fewer manual journals—and what makes that possible without adding more tools or complexity.
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Speakers
Aaron Veach
Executive Director, Finance Transformation
Redwood Software
Aaron Veach is an Executive Director, Finance Automation with Redwood Software, providing finance transformation and accounting automation to strengthen and transform organizations. With a strong background in finance processes through market-leading automation platforms, his experience spans across many disciplines, giving him a wholistic view of organizations: global pre-sales solutioning, partner alliances, sales operations, customer experience, project management, and sales training and enablement. Aaron's responsibility at Redwood Software is to help clients to identify pain points and evaluate their impact on organizations, and then to build out strategies for their finance transformation journeys. He brings over 25 years of experience as an accomplished professional with global experience as an individual contributor, manager, and strategic leader for leading technology companies.
Chris Kier
Solutions Engineer
Redwood Software
Chris Keir is a Solutions Engineer at Redwood Software specialising in Record-to-Report finance automation. He works closely with finance teams to automate core close activities. With over six years’ experience across finance and enterprise automation, Chris helps organisations move towards a more touchless, predictable close — turning period end into a non-event and giving finance teams time back to focus on higher-value work. In his role at Redwood, he leads value-driven engagements, solution demonstrations, and technical evaluations, partnering with customers to modernise and standardise their financial close.
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